3rd Gen Which one of the legendary birds was the hardest to catch?

[Shiny]

Articuno, I had difficulty with all the different tide patterns.

 

[560cool.]

Articuno...
tooke me one month to find it , then 2 days to get it !
All others , just 5 mins of play !!

 

[Sgt Shock]

For some reason, Zapdos did not want to come with me no matter what. I think I ran through about half of my ultra balls at the time and when I gave up with my last one I caught him. >_> Its because I wanted it the most.

 

[Crazystars]

Which one of the legendary birds was the hardest to catch

Seeing as the legendary dogs and probably birds are a given, lets place them aside.Sneasal and Larvitar were a royal pain in the backside to catch. Larvitar was worth it though. And the hours of training.

 

[FaWa]

1. Zapdos: I dunno, it just took 60+ pokeballs
2. Moltres: Hard, but not that hard.
3. Articuno: I had a pretty easy time with it.

 

[Ruphire]

The hardest one to catch for me was Zapdos.

It was a PAIN!

 

[Pikachu2007]

Articuno was the toughest for me. Once, it took over 70 Ultra Balls to catch the jerk of a bird Pokemon. I even had to restart once because I ran out of Ultra Balls! X(

 

[Sasuke.]

Articuno. Like always. -___-; Stupid Ice bird.

 

[Palamon]

Articuno, was the hardest. It took me at least 20 soft resets to catch it, which means over 100 great balls!
Moltres was easy, that is who I used a Master ball on..
Zapdos comes in second because, it took me 30 great balls to catch it.

20 soft resets + 20 balls each time = 100 or more balls used on Articuno.

 

[Destiny Bond]

Definately agree with you there. I remember when I use to play the game with a passion and regularly, it always annoyed me at how difficult it was to catch Articuno.

What? You serious? I caught Articuno so quickly! For Zapdos it went like this: Crobat used mean look. I throw and ultra ball, no shake at all, I throw another ultra ball, no shake at all, I throw and ultra ball, no shake at all,I throw and ultra ball, one shake at all.

 

[Aeroblast.]

No.. i think Zaptos was Hard

 

[Fire Wolf]

Articuno - 4 Ultra Balls.. The easiest.
Zapdos - 9 Ultra Balls.. Just fine
Moltres - 24 Great Balls and 48 Ultra Balls... Doesn't the ball-catch-rate go up like a rocket? Eventually caught with Ultra Ball.

 

[Orlando]

ZAPDOS [PERIOD] I saved before battling it and it took me 3 restarts to catch the dang thing! Either my pokemon got owned or most of the time, I ran out of great and ultra balls!

 

[Tyranitar.]

The hardest for me is Zapdos. e.e; Not that my team was weak. But it was because I was trying to catch every legendary with pokemon. Only Suicuine and Zapdos I didn't catch with Pokeballs. Moltres was the easiest. Articuno the hardest to keep alive >_O. Mewtwo way too easy. =d

 

[gogoejoe]

WEAK POKEMON + ENDEAVOR is the best way to catch one!! trust me ^___^ ... Catching the legendary birds are easy. You can catch them with a regular pokeball.Once you have beaten the pokemon league,and have receive the national dex

 

[Ryu-kun]

That darn Zapdos took me forever to catch! It didn't had that good attacks, but it was generally just a pain in the butt, as it took like 200 ultra balls to catch (If my all tries were to count together). Then was Moltres, had to try a couple of times. Articuno was caught with the second Ultra ball i threw at it.

 

[Panfisha]

In leaf green, Articuno was the hardest for me, as I encountered him first when my pokemon were of a lower level. But eventually he used up all his ice beams. It took me about 12 balls when I finally did, after about 20 restarts.
But Moltres is the easiest, as it knows endure. So that and hypnosis and 10 ultra balls.

 

[Shiny Shaymin]

Hmm...
Articuno. It took me a while to catch him.

Moltres was cake. Zapdos... well was sorta hard, but not really.

 

[Velvex the Øverlørd]

Zapdos is always easy, and I kind of remember Articuno being hard, but on my latest play-through of Pokemon Blue, I caught an Articuno in uno ultraball, no joke. So I put Moltres as the hardest.

 

[Pikachu™]

It took about 20 Ultra Balls before I caught Articuno.